Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-09
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why DO Not the Com,crt. iacr-sss tast"~d Of
Remssnins ~ = S'snds'in?
from the Philadelphia Logger.
Americans are hroad aud deep water
loving people, there is no denying It, aud
something is 10 be said tor the free aud. easy
style usual ON bathing sachCs all along the
coast The usual rows ot bosrdpens, In
which the disrobing is acr ,nrlished, are
cheap enough re- sSories When "puat-
ter" gives the t~ther not only the use Of .
tathing sui but the rent ot his hath house
and the two towels and bucket of fri sh water
Tor after ablutions, he certainly cinuot com
plain. 1t Ia true that few arrangements are
made for furnishing something better for the
people who r-e willing ~ ray more money
to get more. Ratht zach civilization win
some feS exceptions) dcas not Keep
pae In this county with our rail-.
road civilization. Now that the barber shop
and the hath tub are part ot the ves,i'
buie'' car train, and the dining car aud the
"buiiet' car are the compliments OF the
tchair car" and the ''sleeTer," the develop
ment Of travelling colnfott may be ssd 10
have made large advance. Applied progress
of the same sort has not yet reached many OF
the bathing / Ncht Take, for instance, the
solitary person ut the $, lshore, either by Tn
teuton or accident alone and unknown. In
s)me Of the bathing n $or's of the rrench
Z ,ast this person Ia fur uished with such care
| for bathing convenience aud safety that the
loneliness does not count should he have .
| vertigo or u fAintiug attack thrt Nsned alter
| or before bathing tand such things have
| happened with the not sun pouring down
on tho bath houss roof, 4 bell rope sum.
| M ons to his door the bath house master
re ,dy to apply either restoratives, advics or q
| care-taker. Twenty cents provides au At
| tendsnt, who assists in any toilet operation
needed, and furnishes warm water for the
| after comfort of the chilly inclined. Some
| persons who do not react ec ,ily from the
| blue lipped effects of the sea bath fnd them
| solves quickly richted by this liquid warmth.
| The bathing boxes again are light and cheer
| ful little apar rtments OF canvas s.re' ched over
| the wooden france Both the ba hing man
| and the bathing mistress are on duty At
| the first line on SUI, ready To sist
| Certainly there are bathing msstsrs ai
some OF the Atsu,ic beaches, but
| scarcely so conspicuously uniformed aud
easily recognizable ~ might be, while en-
tirely absent from some. The institution o
the bathing machine, by which the ungainly
figures or sensitive persons " ho dislike to bs
| exr osed III bath costume to the promiscuou.
| tests of the spectators on the beach, Is slm os
| unknown here. The great multitude ot. sea
side yoers and salt water bathers do not not
their absence or perhaps desire no bette
| than the entire trsnkness and hsppy.go
| lucky ventures into the surf that acTpDpan,
ocean bathing here Perhaps, to,, the gres
| majority of railroad travellers vii
| continue to get their "shaves," bath
and dinners at hone or At the Jour
| neys tud. lhat IL no reason why IN
folks who wish such convenieuces shoul
not have them supplied with all the maguiu
| cent appliances OF the seaside hotel for luxu
rious living The bstbhouses in most place
are about what they were thirty years age
Nobody asks for rugs and bfsss-trame,
mirrors, towel. racks and other appliances {
the dres ing room that some Of the Frenc
lighthouses boast o'. But there is room 10
improvsII ent certainly in the attendance 10
the comfort and especially for the safety G
bstheIs on the shore end and Al the break g
/ line,